St. Paul daily globe., 1887-06-17
BROUGHT TO THE BAR.
Judge Rea Plucks at the Fruit of
the Grand Jury.

Judge Rea secured the full benefit of
all the business transacted by the grand
jury yesterday, when all those against
whom indictments had been found were
arraigned before him. A large number
of the prisoners were boys under seven
teen years of age, and the smallest one
that pleaded was not tall enough to look
over the railing and see the judge.
Joseph Norton, fifteen years old. pleaded
guilty to petit larceny. .and was sentenced
10 thirty days in the county jail. His
attorney, in presenting the case to the
judge, said that the boy had good
parents, but that some time ago his
father was badly injured and it was then
that the boy got into trouble. He had
been in bad company, and it was while
he was under the influence of liquor
that he fell. In view of the fact that
the lad had been in jail forty-fve days, the
Judge made the sentence as light as
possible. Peter Smith, a tough looking
young man of about twenty, pleaded
guilty to robbing store, and replied that
he had nothing to say when he was adj
dressed by Judge Rea. He will be
resident of Saltwater for eighteen
months.
Elias Nelson, indicted for murder in
the first degree, his Offense consisting in
stabbing Nels Johnson. who died re-
Gently, in the head with jackknife.
looked weary and worn, and asked for
two days in which to plead.
j. NJ. Mayfield, who shot G. c. Win
slow in the head the evening of the 9th
inst, was arraigned on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill. He twisted
his long mustache nervOusly and pleaded
not guilty. He will be tried the latter
part of next week.
There were a number of "sellng
liquor without a license' cases, and in
each case the person arraigned pleaded
not guilty aud had the case set for June
%. In several instances the complaint
will be demurred to on the ground that
the Crandall law does not make illegal
liquor selling an indictable offense, but
tried in the municipal court. Those
who are arraigned are William Dittman,
w. V. BOuman, Conrad Bahya, George
w. Mann, Peter Hartf, Mary McGregor
and Mary Quady.
David Davidson, charged with selling
Oleomargarine in butter packages.
pleaded not guilty, and will be tried
June 20. His bail was fixed at 500.
James Welch and John johnson, in
dicted for failing to provide for their
families. declared that the charge was
not true and that they would prove it
when the cases came to trial, which will
be next week.
Charles Burnes, Martin Burnes.
James Sweeney, Edward Ward, James
O'Neil and Joseph CAREY, the boys in
dicted for stealing lot of knives from
Police Commissioner .Janney's store.
pleaded not guilty and will be tried
June %. Three of them, Ward, O'Neil
and CAREY, will also be tried on
charge of receiving stolen property.
James Barber and w. b. ingalls,, ar
rested on a charge of embeZZlement,
were discharged, no indictments having
been found against them.
George Bin pleaded guilty to stealing
harness from F. K. Winston and was
sentenced to nine months i'll the state
prison.
Edwin Bird, Lemuel Harding, Charles
w. Anderson, Frank Wilson, Henry
j. Clifton, Ira Woquist, William Glea-
son. Edwin Webber, John Barnes
and Thomas PITT, all pleaded not guilty
to grand larceny and will be tried next
week.
Benjamin Irving, young colored
man, said ne was not guilty of an as
sault on John Kelly with a knife. He
will be tried the 22d.